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Rae and Peter Aimer Studio Pottery Collection & New Collectors Art — Art+Object

Auction House:Art+ObjectNumber of lots recorded:167
Sale Title:Rae and Peter Aimer Studio Pottery Collection & New Collectors ArtLots with images:167
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:142
Date:4-Dec-2024
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Barry Brickell, deep bowl, stoneware with blue glaze interior and persimmon glaze exterior, impressed potter's mark above the foot, 13 x 18 x 17 cm
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Barry Brickell, two dinner party platters, stoneware, of rounded rectangular form, decorated with swirl patterns, 1970s , width 31.5 cm
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Barry Brickell, two dinner party platters, stoneware, of rounded rectangular form, decorated with swirl patterns on a blue ground, 1970s, width 31.5 cm
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Barry Brickell, two dinner party platters, stoneware, of rounded rectangular form, decorated with swirl patterns on an olive ground, 1970s, width 31.5 cm
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Barry Brickell, two dinner party platters, stoneware, of rounded rectangular form, decorated with a cross pattern on an oatmeal ground, 1970s, width 33 cm and width 31 cm
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Barry Brickell, large oval platter , stoneware with stylised flower design, diameter 46 cm
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Barry Brickell, sculptural vase, wood fired glazed stoneware, the bulbous body of sinuous form and with a spire finial, impressed potter's mark to the base and foot, height 41 cm
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Mirek Smisek, large 'Grass' bottle vase, stoneware with incised decoration of concentric and intersecting lines over a dark grey glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 59.5 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Mirek Smisek - an exhibition of stoneware Pottery', new Vision gallery, Auckland, 28 October - 11 November 1969, no. 3 (original exhibition catalogue and related newspaperclippings included).
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Mirek Smisek, salt glaze bowl, stoneware, the glaze in deep blue and kelp hues, impressed potter's mark above the foot, diameter 19.5 cm
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Mirek Smisek, stoneware teapot, with cane handle, the body decorated with stylised floral design, impressed potter's mark to the foot, width 16 cm
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Mirek Smisek for Crown Lynn, Bohemia Ware vase, with sgraffito decoration of wavy lines, inscribed Bohemia hand made to the base, height 12.5 cm
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Warren Tippett, large flagon, stoneware with poured ash and iron glazes, impressed fish design to the body, height 31.5 cm. Provenance: purchased from new Vision gallery, August 1969.
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Warren Tippett, impressive and rare shaped stemcup, stoneware with matte grey glaze with saturated iron speckles, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 38.5 cm
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Warren Tippett, large lidded jar, stoneware with wax resist gestural decoration on mottled blue glaze, 37.5 x 32 x 32 cm
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Adrian Cotter, blue and white charger , stoneware decorated with koru design (small chip possibly due to firing process), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 51.9 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Adrian Cotter - Pottery', new Vision gallery, 30 May - 10 June 1977, no. 6 (original exhibition catalogue included).
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Doris Dutch, stoneware bowl, with mottled duck-egg glaze interior and umber washed textured exterior, diameter 28.5 cm
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Doris Dutch, small conical vase, stoneware, decorated with wax resist concentric and intersecting lines, impressed potter's mark to the base, 6.5 x 13 x 13 cm
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Doris Dutch, small sculptural vase, stoneware with textured surface with umber pigment, decorated with one gestural seafoam glazed strip (very minor chipping), 180 x 155 x 3 cm
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Len Castle, three lipped pouring bowls, stoneware, all with saturated iron underglaze, various matte overglazes (green, blue and crackle grey), two with impressed potter's mark to the base, one with incised initials, width 15.5 cm, width 11 cm and width 10.5 cm
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Len Castle, lipped pouring bowl, stoneware with saturated iron underglaze and matte green crackle overglaze, impressed potter's mark to the base, width 20.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, predominantly in mottled tenmoku glaze giving to a pool of matte green glaze to the centre, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 27.5 cm
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Len Castle, a set of three bowls, stoneware with matching mottled tenmoku and matte crackle green glazes (one with minor chip), impressed potter's mark to each foot, diameter 21 cm, 20.5 cm and 20 cm
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Len Castle, hexagonal jar, stoneware with green and dark blue glaze, impressed rope design to the body, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 24 cm
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Len Castle, pinched rim vase, stoneware with burnt umber washed textured exterior; the ribbed body slightly squashed and pinched at the top section to create a double aperture, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 23.5 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware pouring bottle, with sinuous long neck and loop handle, matte light grey glaze over tenmoku glaze, incised potter's initial to the base, diameter 24 cm
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Len Castle, table bowl, stoneware with jun glaze over tenmoku, wax resist gestural motif to the centre, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 43 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware dish, black iron underglaze, copper red overglaze with matte white highlights and translucent effects to the centre, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 27 cm
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Len Castle, table bowl, stoneware with wax resist gestural decoration on oversaturated iron glaze over grey ash glaze, impressed potter's mark above the foot, diameter 41 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, the black oversaturated iron underglaze giving to a pool of turquoise glaze surrounded by a striking textured band of mottled blue, brown and grey, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 37.5 cm
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Len Castle, table bowl, stoneware, the black iron underglaze giving to a pool of mottled red flambe glaze to the centre (restored), impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 36.5 cm
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Len Castle, large stoneware bowl, with matte white and purple glazes (crack to the center), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 34 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware table bowl, with jun glaze over tenmoku, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 41 cm
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Len Castle, stoneware bowl, with jun glaze over tenmoku and lightly impressed rope decoration around the rim, impressed potter's mark to the base, diameter 20.5 cm
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Len Castle, shino glaze bowl, stoneware, the shino glaze predominantly in white and with crackle effect, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 19.5 cm
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Len Castle, spherical vase, textured umber pigmented surface (repaired rim), incised potter's initial to the base, diameter 17 cm
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Len Castle, large bottle vase, stoneware with tenmoku and matte pale blue glazes, impressed potter's mark to the base, height 34.5 cm
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Len Castle, gourd form vase, stoneware with gnarled rim and scored sides in heavy feldspathic matte white glaze with pale blue and olive highlights (rim restored), impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 33.5 cm
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Len Castle, square section bottle vase, stoneware slab vase with shino glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, 30 x 10.5 x 9.5 cm. Provenance: purchased from Ron sang gallery, December 2004.
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Len Castle, large sedge vase, stoneware with umber pigmented textured surface (firing cracks), impressed potter's mark to base, height 32 cm
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Len Castle, large hanging form, iron oxide washed stoneware carved with a sunburst design (minor firing cracks), impressed potter's mark verso, 35.5 x 33.5 x 10 cm
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Len Castle, hanging bottle, burnt umber washed stoneware, textured finish, impressed potter's mark verso, 30 x 31 x 13 cm
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Len Castle, hanging bottle, iron oxide washed stoneware, textured finish and with vertical ribs to the body, impressed potter's mark verso, 32 x 23 x 7 cm
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Len Castle, hanging bottle, thinly potted stoneware with textured iron washed surface and impressed decoration (small flake chip), impressed potter's mark verso, 23.5 x 21 x 12 cm
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Len Castle, Double-headed avian hanging form, iron oxide washed stoneware, roughly textured and with wing lines to the body, impressed potter's mark verso, 24.5 x 35 x 10 cm
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Len Castle, large and impressive Discoid vase, press moulded stoneware washed with yellow ochre pigment and burnt umber, 1980s, impressed potter's Lc mark above the foot, 45 x 47 x 22 cm. Exhibited: 'Making the Molecules dance: Len Castle ceramics, a retrospective exhibition 1947-1994', Dowse Art Museum, September - November 1994 (touring 1995-1996), no. 67. Illustrated in the catalogue of the exhibition in the front-end pocket.Included with this piece is Rae and Peter Aimer's copy of the catalogue, their…
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Len Castle, avian bowl, stoneware with matte green crackle glaze to the interior, umber washed textured exterior, width 29 cm
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Len Castle, large lipped pouring bowl, stoneware with crackle matte green glaze with umber washed textured exterior, impressed mark to the base, 14.5 x 48 x 48 cm
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Len Castle, large experimental sulphurous bowl, thickly potted earthenware with roughly cut rim, matte crackle sulphurous glaze revealing the matte black underglaze, incised potter's initials to the base, 13.5 x 53 x 53 cm
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Len Castle, large footed bowl, stoneware raised on a thin and tall foot, with a predominating tenmoku glaze giving way to a pool of yellow crackle and mottle glaze interior, impressed potter's mark above the foot, 14 x 40 x 40 cm
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Len Castle, sulphurous bowl, earthenware with thinly crackle glaze interior and matte black exterior, impressed potter's mark to the base, 17.5 x 45.5 x 44.5 cm. Provenance: purchased from the '27th Annual Arts & Crafts Exhibition', Ron Sang Gallery, 6-7 November 2010, no. 68 (original receipt and exhibition brochure included).
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Len Castle, inverted volcano, stoneware with matte grey textured exterior and red lava glaze interior, impressed potter's mark to the base, 15 x 86 x 16.5 cm
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Len Castle, large ovoid vase, stoneware with a rare fractured copper blue glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, 38 x 28 x 28 cm
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Len Castle, crater lake bowl, earthenware with rich alkaline blue glaze to the interior, matt grey stained sculptured cavetto and black glaze exterior, impressed potter's mark to the foot, 10.5 x 45 x 45 cm
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Len Castle, crater lake bowl , matte grey stained earthenware, alkaline turquoise glaze to the interior (very minor restoration), impressed potter's mark above the foot, 10.5 x 45.5 x 45.5 cm
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Len Castle, large alkaline blue bowl, earthenware with impressed decoration around the rim, black glazed exterior, impressed potter's mark above the foot, 14.5 x 41 x 41 cm
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Len Castle, Alkaline blue bowl , earthenware, impressed potter's mark to the base , diameter 20.5 cm
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Len Castle, Hemispherical lava bowl , earthenware with rich red lava glaze, impressed potter's mark to the base , diameter 29 cm
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Len Castle, lava bowl, thinly potted earthenware with rich red lava glaze, incised potter's mark to the base, diameter 24 cm
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Len Castle, small lava bowl, thinly potted earthenware with rich red lava glaze, impressed potter's mark above the foot, diameter 20.5 cm
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Len Castle, two lava bowls , thinly potted earthenware with rich red lava glaze, impressed potter's mark above each foot, diameter 19.5 cm (each)
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Len Castle, small lava dish , with thick red lava crackle glaze, impressed potter's mark above foot, diameter 20 cm
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Soshu Yamamoto, Bizen chawan (teabowl), woodfired stoneware, impressed potter's mark above the foot, 8 x 12.5 x 12.5 cm. Other notes: Soshu Yamamoto was the wife of Bizen Living National treasure Toshu Yamamoto (1906-1994). They worked together from the Bishuu-gama or Bishuu kiln in Bizen.Provenance: purchased in Japan in 1994 while on tour with Len Castle (copy of the original receipt available).
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Japanese dish, woodfired stoneware with incised sunburst design to the rim, impressed potter's mark to the base (unidentified), diameter 22.5 cm
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Japanese Shigaraki vase, woodfired stoneware, impressed potter's mark to the base (unidentified), height 19 cm. Provenance: purchased in Japan in 1994 while on tour with Len Castle.
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David Leach (England, 1911 - 2005), large teapot, stoneware with tenmoku glaze, impressed potter's mark to the base (together with another potter's mark), height 29 cm (including. Handle). Provenance: purchased in Exeter in 1980.
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Jeff Mincham (Australia, 1950-), sculptural pot , raku fired ceramic, incised signature and dated '86 to the base, 25 x 29 x 17 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Collectables Exhibition', Albany village Pottery, 23 May - 6 June 1994 (exhibition leaflet with Rae's notes included).
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Col Levy (Australia, 1933-), asymmetrical pair of faceted bottle vases, stoneware with mottled oversaturated iron glaze (one neck repaired), impressed potter's mark to each base, height 31.5 cm and height 26.5 cm. Provenance: purchased from Macquarie Galleries, Canberra, December 1968.
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Henri Le grand (Australia, 1921-1978), large stoneware bottle vase, decorated with black horizontal and vertical ribbed design over a matte oatmeal ground (repaired), incised potter's mark to the base, height 37.5 cm
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Chester Nealie, large and impressive bottle vase, woodfired stoneware with large spherical body and lug handle, with scallop shell impressions and splashes of celadon glaze, original potter's labels affixed, 46.5 x 38 x 38 cm. Provenance: purchased from the '25th Annual Arts & Crafts Exhibition', Ron sang gallery, 1-2 December 2007, no. 3 (original receipt, exhibition brochure and related ephemera included).
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Chester Nealie, lug handled bottle, woodfired stoneware with a splash of ochre glaze, height 20.5 cm
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Chester Nealie, bottle vase, woodfired stoneware with salt glaze and shell impressions, height 24 cm
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Chester Nealie, large flagon, woodfired stoneware with large spherical body and wide handle, with leaf and scallop shell impressions and splashes of celadon glaze, impressed potter's mark to the handle, height 46 cm
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Graeme Storm, stoneware charger, with matte mottled mustard glaze to the centre, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 39 cm
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Graeme Storm, large wall charger, stoneware with matte copper carbonate glaze with green, blue, white and yellow effects (with hanging wire), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 53 cm
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Graeme Storm, large wall charger, stoneware with jun over tenmoku glazes (with hanging wire), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 53 cm
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Graeme Storm, lobed bowl, stoneware with pale blue rutile glaze with silver effects, impressed potter's mark to the base, 9 x 25.5 x 25.5 cm
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Graeme Storm, stoneware dish, matte aqua-green barium glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 29 cm
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Graeme Storm, baluster vase, stoneware with flambe turquoise glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 29 cm
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Graeme Storm, baluster vase, stoneware with green copper carbonate glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 30.5 cm
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Graeme Storm, stoneware platter, with wax resist copper red spot decoration over dark manganese glaze (restored), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 39 cm
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Graeme Storm, wall charger, stoneware, the pastel blue and purple jun glaze forming a wide and elegant crackle effect to the centre (with hanging wire), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 51 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Arts & Crafts Exhibition', Ron sang gallery, 3-4 November 2012 (illustrated on the included exhibition brochure).
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Graeme Storm, tall stoneware cylinder vase, octagonal body with bands of repeating koru relief decoration, variable copper red and blue green barium glaze (restored), impressed potter's mark, height 55 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Graeme Storm, exhibition of Pottery', 29 June - 10 July 1970, no. 169 (original exhibition catalogue included).
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Graeme Storm, large wall charger, stoneware, manganese glaze with gloss gold highlights (with hanging wire), impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 58 cm
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Graeme Storm, large floor pot, stoneware with matte green barium glaze giving way to a translucent mottled ochre glaze to the lower body, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 40.5 cm
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Greg Barron, celadon floor vase, porcelain ribbed body, potter's marks to the shoulders, 48 x 40 cm
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Greg Barron, large bottle vase, with spherical ribbed body and short neck, crackle glaze in aqua green, white and brown hues, impressed potter's marks to the shoulder, 30 x 37 x 37 cm. Provenance: purchased from the '27th Annual Arts & Crafts Exhibition', Ron sang gallery, 6-7 November 2010, no. 518 (original receipt and copy of exhibition brochure included).
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Greg Barron, large jug, of tall and slender form with crackle glaze and concentric banding, a fading band of pale blue glaze to the middle (minor firing crack), impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 32.5 cm
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Greg Barron, Altered form with Contours, impressive and large ceramic vase with lobed sides and shaped neck, with poured matte blue glaze over densely crackle white glaze, impressed potter's mark to the shoulder, 43 x 50 x 50 cm
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Greg Barron, Altered form with Contours, ceramic ovoid vase with crackle shino glaze, shaped 'Hooked' rim, height 23 x 27 x 25 cm
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Greg Barron, celadon charger , porcelain, decorated with a wave pattern to the center, impressed potter's mark to the foot, diameter 48.5 cm. Provenance: purchased from Glenbervie Pottery (Whangarei).
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Greg Barron, Altered vase, large ceramic vase with lobed sides and matte blue-green glaze with translucent highlights, impressed potter's marks to the shoulders, 40 x 49 x 49 cm
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Greg Barron, Altered form with Contours, quatrefoil-shaped woodfired ceramic vase with crackle shino glaze, 26 x 34 x 34 cm
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Graeme Storm, stoneware jar, with green copper carbonate glaze, impressed potter's mark to the foot, height 24 cm
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Yvonne Sloan, Growth V, handwoven woollen wallhanging, original artist label with title and dated 1983 stitched verso, 192 x 86 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Yvonne Sloan handwoven Wallhangings', 11 - 23 April 1983, Trappings, Auckland (original receipt, exhibition leaflet and related newspaperclippings included).
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Humphrey Ikin, sideboard, ebonised oak, raised on splayed legs and with four drawers, 71 x 300 x 49 cm. Provenance: Private Collection, Auckland
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Aboriginal Arts & Crafts, including two Mindirr traditional Pandanus personal bags by Judy Baypangala of the Wulaki group and a traditional Pandanus weaving by Kukuyu Munggukalu, height 33 cm, height 29 cm and diameter 70 cm. Provenance: purchased from the Anthropology Museum, University of Queensland, 13 April 1987 (original receipt and tags included).
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Patricia Perrin, large sculptural vase, stoneware with metallic glaze, H. 54 cm, Provenance: purchased from new Vision gallery, Auckland, November 1973.
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Maria Geszler (Hungary), Enigmatic portrait 5 (winter Scenery), woodfired porcelain, chamotte clay, salt glaze and silkscreen, 1992/93, multiple artist notes affixed to the base on original artist labels, 85 x 35 x 15 cm. Provenance: purchased from 'Fletcher Challenge - ceramics Awards 1993, no. 38 (original receipt, exhibition catalogue and related newspaperclippings included).
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Ruth Castle, large hanging twist form, fine rattan core dyed with Condys crystals, height 100 cm
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Paul Laird, Apostles, glazed ceramic, both signed to the base, one dated 1998, 98 x 40 x 14 cm and 88 x 34 x 15 cm. Provenance: purchased from compendium, Auckland, July 1998.
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